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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rubystars on October 30, 2009, 04:26:43 AM

Title: Afghan women self immolate to escape abuse
Post by: Rubystars on October 30, 2009, 04:26:43 AM

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/29/2112069.aspx

This has to be one of the more horrible things I've seen. They say this goes on because they are forced into marriages at 11 to men 20 years their senior and then the family abuses/beats them every time they make a mistake (or for no reason at all). They feel that burning themselves alive is the only way out.